A Bible And A Bus Ticket Home - Collin Raye [Intro] [G] [C] [G] [D] [Verse 1] Mamma's tears fell so [G] easy [C] [G] Daddy's handshake was [C] strong. . . Then I climbed aboard that [D] Grey[G]hound [D] Eighteen and glad to be [G] gone. [D] [Verse 2] Took a rented room on [G] Broadw[C]ay [G] As I unpacked everything I [C] owned. I found a note my mamma [D] left [G] me [D] With a Bible and a bus ticket [G] home. |[CHORUS] |(Spoken)It Said, |One will get you where you're [C] going When you haven't got a [G] prayer. |And one will bring you [D] back, [G] son [D] If your dreams ain't waiting |[G] there. . . |You're out on your [C] own now We won't be there to fall [G] back on. . . |But you know we're never [Am] fart[G]her [C] Than a Bible and a [D] bus ticket |[G] home. [C] [G] [D] [Verse 3] The years have come and gone and [G] taken [C] The [G] only things in life I ever counted [C] on. . . But I'm going back to[D]mor[G]row [D] To lay flowers on their [G] stone. [D] [Verse 4] I can almost hear my mamma [G] call[C]ing [G] Saying, son come back where you [C] belong. . . You've got all you need to [D] get[G] here [D] A Bible and a bus ticket [G] home. |[CHORUS] |(Spoken) It said, |One will get you where you're [C] going When you haven't got a [G] prayer. |And one will bring you [D] back [G], son [D] If your dreams ain't waiting |[G] there. . . |You're out on your [C] own now We won't be there to fall [G] back on. . . |But you know we're never [Am] fart[G]her [C] Than a Bible and a [D] bus ticket |[G] home. [Outro] Boy, you know we're never [Am] fart[G]her. .[C] . Than a Bible and a [D] bus ticket [G] home. [C] [G]